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- How A Bill Becomes A Law
- And another bill that wants to become a law!
- Who is involved in this process?
- I'm an expert and I know what to do!
- We're the citizens and you're talking about our lifes!
- We're the Congress! Nothing happens without us!
- I'm the President of the United States of America!
- Step 1 and 2: The bill is drafted and introduced
- We're Representatives!
- Then everybody of us, except for the sponsor, will be a co-sponsor!
- I have an idea for a law!
- I'll be the sponsor!
- We're Senators!
- Before a bill can become a law, there are a few steps that have to be completed first. Many different people are involved in this process to make sure that the bill should really become a law because it would improve the U.S. Constitution and not because something else. Making a bill to a law is a very important step and there are always people that will complain, so you have to go sure that it's for the best of the United States of America and the U. S. citizens.
- Steps 3 to 5: The bill goes to committee; subcommittee review of the bill; committee mark up of the bill
- A whole bunch of people participate in this process. Some have very important and influential roles, while others don't really do very relevant things. But all of them are required for a bill to become a law.
- Steps 6 and 7: Voting by the full chamber on the bill; referral of the bill to the other chamber
- When a member of the Congress has an idea for a law, he can draft a bill. One member of the Congress will then be the sponsor' of the bill and all the other members will be co-sponsors. Depending on whether the sponsor is a Senator or a Representative, the bill is either introduced in the Senate or the House.
- Steps 8 and 9: The bill goes to the president; overriding a veto
- Shall I approve the bill or not?
- Approve it Mr. President! It is for the best of the States!
- Steps 3, 4 and 5 talk about the examination of a bill which is fulfilled by a committee and a subcommittee. At first, a committee examines the bill very carefully. Often, committees refer bills to a subcommittee. This subcommittee then reviews the bill and at the end, after the subcommittee finishes its review, the committee marks the bill up and recommends it to the floor.
- First, we'll examine the bill very carefully.
- And in the end, we'll mark the bill up.
- Then, we'll review it.
- The sixth step is that the full chamber, that did the previous steps, will vote on the bill for one more time. If the members pass it, the other chamber will run the same process too. This time the committee members prepare a conference report with recommendations for the final bill. When the Senate and the House vote for it, the conference report is approved.
- We all will now finally vote on the bill!
- When you pass it, we'll do the whole process that you have done too!
- After the House and the Senate have approved a bill in identical form, the bill is sent to the President. If the President approves of the legislation, it is signed and becomes a law. If the President doesn't react for ten days while the Congress is in session, the bill automatically becomes a law. The President can also veto the bill and if he doesn't react for ten days and the Congress has already adjourned, there is something called a pocket veto. If the President really vetoes a bill, the Congress still has the chance to override the veto. If the Senate and the House pass the bill by a two-thirds majority, the bill still becomes a law.
- If he doesn't approve it, we can still override his veto. But the Senate and the House would need a two-thirds majority for that.
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